The row erupted after the housemates failed the task – which they had previously been on the way to winning – resulting in no extra money being added to the winner’s prize fund.

However it all went wrong after the housemates were individually called to the Diary Room and asked by Big Brother whether they would split an additional £15,500 – or keep it for themselves.

After Chris, Ash and Mark all admitted they would pocket the lot, Ashleigh was called upon to identify which trio had said they wouldn’t share the cash – and failed to correctly identify them.

All of which wouldn’t have been quite so bad if the housemates hadn’t previously agreed to say they would in fact split the amount between them.

‘I didn’t guarantee on everybody being able to split,’ Mark insisted – but his explanation did little to placate the others, particularly Helen (surprise surprise), who told Chris: ‘We made a group decision. You made a f***ing pact.’

Sigh. We’re sensing there will be no love lost between this lot when they finally return to the real world…